# So have we the Americana public finally reached the level that mass shootings are just a part of life in America like bombings and shootings are in the middle east?

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**Created:** [April 18, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-have-we-the-americana-public-finally-reached-the-level-that-mass-shootings-are-just-a-part-of-life-in-america-like-bombings-and-shootings-are-in-the-middle-east/982836 "2023-04-18T07:12:02Z")\
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Here is a discussion from a week ago on substantially the same topic. The title starts out being about SDMB, but real quickly the thread content switches to being about the country at large.

> [@If there really any point to mass shooting threads in MPSIMS anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-really-any-point-to-mass-shooting-threads-in-mpsims-anymore/982460):
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> I went to MPSIMS to see if there was a thread about the shooting in Louisville this morning and there wasn’t yet. I thought about starting one but what is the point? These things really have become the norm. Nothing is going to change and after a while our threads on shootings are all the same, like the Onion article that repeats itself over and over every time this happens. News updates are easily available elsewhere as we track the number of dead and this week’s motive. I guess I feel a sense …

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